Effective Virtual Communications for Critical Areas in Virtual Teams Management

This presentation discusses the critical areas in virtual teams management and how effective virtual communications can help in building a 24X7 work cycle, facing unexpected scenarios, maintaining clarity, holding accountability, nurturing emergent leadership, and spotting culture differences. It provides insights on how to adjust to different time zones, overcome language barriers and deadlines, implement alternative plans, ensure specific actions to each member, create a climate for peer-to-peer accountability, build trust, and balance formal and informal communication. The presentation also emphasizes the importance of understanding the background of every team member for successful collaboration and generating positivity.

EFFECTIVE VIRTUAL
COMMUNICATIONS
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Critical Areas For Virtual Teams
Management
1. Building a 24X7 Work Cycle
2. Ready to Face the Unexpected
3. Maintenance of the Clarity
4. Holding Accountability
5. Nurturing Emergent Leadership
6. Spotting Differences in Culture

Building 24X7 Work
Cycle
1. Adjusting to
different time
zones
2. Increase the work
efficiency of
working round the
clock(Hoch and
Kozlowski 2014).
3. Greater attention
in overcoming
language barriers
and deadlines
Facing Unexpected
Scenario
1. Failure of internet
or software failure
2. Implementation of
an alternative plan
(Fan et al. 2014)

Maintaining Clarity
1. No Blurring of the
boundaries
2. Ensuring Specific Actions to
each member
Holding
Accountability
1. Creating a
climate for peer
to peer
accountability
(Keil, Lee and
Deng 2013).
2. Building Trust
3. Leaving no room
for ambiguity or
concern

Nurturing Emergent
Leadership
1. Must have a shared
understanding
(White 2014).
2. Sense of acceptance
3. Generation of
Positivity
Spotting Culture
Differences
1. Understanding
background of every
team member for
successful
collaboration
(Verburg, Bosch-
Sijtsema and
Vartiainen 2013).
2. Balancing formal and
informal
communication

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